Overweight, obesity, central adiposity and associated chronic diseases in cuban adults

MEDICC Review

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 23-28

  Díaz Sánchez, María Elena ^a   Jiménez Acosta, Santa ^a   García Roche, René Guillermo ^b   Bonet Gorbea, Mariano ^b   Wong Ordóñez, Iraida ^a  

^a Nutrition and Food Hygiene Institute (INHA)   (Cuba)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE HIGIENE   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Comorbidity; Nutrition disorders; Obesity; Overweight; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CUBA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 70449561516     PISSN: 15557960     EISSN: 15273172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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